The world has witnessed Israel’s destruction of Palestinian homes, hospitals, schools and shelters over the past year and a half.

More than 50,000 civilians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, the majority being women and children. More than 2 million Palestinians have been forcibly displaced in the Gaza Strip — close to the entire population.

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The justification for Israel’s war is the Palestinian resistance’ attack on October 7, 2023. Their aim was to capture Israelis to exchange for Palestinian political prisoners who are being held without charge in Israeli prisons.

The resistance had political objectives: to halt the Judaisation of East Jerusalem; to end the siege of Gaza; and initiate negotiations for a permanent solution within the two-state solution framework.

From the very first day of the war on Gaza, the Australian government supported Israel.

NSW Labor lit the Sydney Opera House with the Israeli flag to mourn the Israeli casualties on October 7 prompting pro-Palestine supporters to organise a peaceful rally from to protest this bias.

Rally-goers were verbally attacked by Zionists and a number waved the Israeli flag. A few pro-Palestine supporters threw sound bombs at the Opera House.

Before the Australian Federal Police (AFP) had investigated the incident, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns ordered a ban on pro-Palestinian rallies and ordered arbitrary arrests.

The mass media campaign against Palestine supporter escalated to the point that some simply fabricated news.

The AFP’s months long investigation into the Opera House incident ended with it saying it was unable to determine the truth about what happened near the Opera House on November 9, 2023. It said one video clip had shown a chant that appeared to be antisemitic.

The Zionist narrative has not deterred tens of thousands of people from taking to the streets, week in and week out, in massive demonstrations in cities across the country.

The protests included Palestinian, Arab and Muslim communities, as well as Indigenous people’s organisations, European, Latin American, Asian and African communities, Jews Against the Occupation ’48, socialist and communist parties, Greens, Labor Friends of Palestine and various trade union and student unions.

There have been many political, cultural and religious activities organised to support the Palestinian people. Petitions to the federal and state parliaments and municipal councils are urging them to pressure........

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